Citi Singapore announced the public launch of its Student Mentorship Programme on 20 March 2013 – a new initiative that will link qualified undergraduates at Singapore’s top universities with employee “mentors” across Citi’s various departments.

Mentors with their Mentees

The programme, which recently completed its pilot phase, is touted by Citi as the “first of its kind” in Asia and for the U.S.-based corporation as a whole. It will allow student mentees to gain real-world insights on a professional career in the banking and finance sector as well as an insider’s perspective on working for Citi Singapore.

“Through the mentoring relationships, both mentors and mentees benefit from the opportunity to learn from each other,” Moira Lynam, Citi Singapore’s Managing Director and Head of Human Resources said.

“Citi professionals share their business perspectives to guide students through their career planning, while students share fresh viewpoints and challenge professionals to reflect upon their interactions with the workforce of tomorrow.”

Mentor Cheryl Chen with Mentee Adeline Ong

Citi has already accepted 140 students as mentees in this year’s mentorship programme from a total of more than 400 applications. The programme runs from January to May every year. It is currently only open to undergraduate students from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and Singapore Management University (SMU).

Both local and foreign students enrolled in any field of study and year group can qualify for selection. However, Citi said that all candidates will be screened based on the following five factors: “high academic and leadership achievements”, “community involvement”, “internship experiences”, “interest in the financial industry”, and “leadership potential”.

This year’s mentees have been assigned to 123 mentors from 16 business and support functions within Citi. Mentors must have at least five years of working experience with Citi, and hold leadership roles at their respective departments.

Mentor Winston Lim with Mentee Ong Si Hao

Winston Lim, head of Bancassurance and one of the mentors in the programme’s pilot phase, said he believed participating in this programme would help preserve the mentoring culture present at Citi.

“I was fortunate to be at the receiving end of mentoring relationships at the early stages of my career,” Lim said. “My mentors provided a sounding board for advice on key decisions and they acted as a catalyst for my career and personal growth.”

Lim’s mentee, Ong Si Hao, a second-year economics and finance student at SMU, said his time as a mentee provided him with valuable knowledge on the challenges and opportunities present in the banking industry today.

“My mentor… is highly passionate about his career and has a sincere desire to advise young people,” Ong said. “He is also truly concerned about my professional development.”

“Through this programme, I am discovering where I might fit into the industry and how to set defined career goals that I can strive towards.”

Mentee Song Junhe, a second-year business administration student at NUS, described the programme as being largely self-directed.

“The onus is on mentees to actively seek practical guidance from mentors to develop specific competencies,” he said.

The programme has no pre-determined structure in particular, and the experience thus differs for each individual mentor-mentee pair. However, a Citi spokesperson was quick to clarify that the programme is not a work placement arrangement. Mentors function entirely as sounding boards, counsellors, and consultants, as opposed to training mentees to take on certain professional tasks.

Mentor Dimitrios George Papacostas with Mentee Song Junhe

Dimitrios Papacostas, Song’s mentor, joked that he was grateful the mentorship programme would help Song avoid repeating mistakes that Papacostas himself had made in the past.

“I didn’t have a sounding board when I was an undergraduate looking for internships and thinking about my career choices,” Papacostas, an Investment Lab analyst at Citi Private Bank, said.

“It was trial by fire for me, so I enjoy being able to help young people navigate their way through this time in their life and give them the information they need to make the process less daunting.”

PwC

PwC has been awarded the overall winner of Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Survey in 2012. We were crowned the Top Choice among students under the Accounting and Financial Management category. This is the second year we’ve been crowned the #1 Graduate Employer by popular student vote.

Source: PwC

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is recognized as a top choice employer by graduates in Singapore. We once again emerged as one of the leading graduate employers in a 2012 employer survey – Singapore’s 100 leading graduate employer – conducted by Trendence, one of the leading recruitment and employer branding research institutes. Rated by almost 5,000 students and fresh graduates, the accolades further affirm our commitment to help you – fresh out of school – build a strong foundation of skills and knowledge to kickstart your career.

Our awards:

Finalist - Graduate employer of the year 2012 in Accounting and Financial Management sector

Top Five - Graduate employer of the year 2012

First runner-up – Graduate employer of the year 2011

Finalist – Graduate employer of the year 2011 in Accounting and Financial Management sector

At Ernst & Young, you’ll benefit from a holistic learning and development program, work with talented teams, be inspired by successful people, and build meaningful experiences. Let us help you take charge of your career and your future.

“Graduates want employers who offer career diversity, ongoing learning and development and opportunities that can enrich them every day. The results show a significant number of students and graduates who believe that’s exactly what we can do – equipping our people with the right skills, knowledge, aptitude and positive attitude to excel. We want to attract the best and the more talent we retain, the more top talent we’ll attract. The key is to cultivate a culture of open communication and feedback to constantly engage our people to understand and meet their changing priorities.”

Drew continues to be the top ranked law firm in the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012

26 Nov 2012

Drew has been named the top ranked law firm in the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012 for the 2nd consecutive year.

Drew is ranked 26th among 100 top companies in the country. This is an improvement from last year, when we were ranked 30th.
The Singapore 100 Leading Graduate Employers survey is conducted by Group GTI, the world’s largest graduate careers media and research business.

Drew is also the top ALB Employer of Choice for 2012, and has been one of ALB’s Employers of Choice for the last five years.
For more details on the rankings, you may click here.

Source: Drew & Napier

Shell

Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012

It is an honour that Shell was awarded as a Finalist in the recent Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012 in the Energy/ O&G/ Utilities sector. But more importantly, we took home 2nd position as the Graduate Employer of the Year!

This survey was conducted by Trendence, a European’s employer branding research institute, in association with GTI Media. They surveyed close to 3,600 graduates from local Universities, Singaporeans studying overseas and recent graduates. Our sincere thanks to all the graduates who have voted for us!

For more details, please refer to singapores100.com/rankings/2012-rankings /

Source: Working at Shell

National Environment Agency

For the first time, NEA was conferred the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Award as well – the result of votes from students and graduates in Singapore.

Source: National Environment Agency

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce in Singapore is ranked as the top Graduate Employer in the Aerospace sector and 31        overall in the list of Top 100 Leading Graduate Employers.

Source: Rolls-Royce

Citibank Singapore Ltd

Awards

Ranked Top 3 – Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers

Source: Citibank Singapore

Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers

PwC has been awarded the overall winner of Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Survey in 2012. We were crowned the Top Choice among students under the Accounting and Financial Management category. This is the second year we’ve been crowned the #1 Graduate Employer by popular student vote.

Source: pwc

Ernst & Young is recognized as a top choice employer by graduates in Singapore. We once again emerged as one of the leading graduate employers in a 2012 employer survey – Singapore’s 100 leading graduate employer – conducted by Trendence, one of the leading recruitment and employer branding research institutes. Rated by almost 5,000 students and fresh graduates, the accolades further affirm our commitment to help you – fresh out of school – build a strong foundation of skills and knowledge to kickstart your career.

Our awards:

Finalist – Graduate employer of the year 2012 in Accounting and Financial Management sector

Top Five – Graduate employer of the year 2012

First runner-up – Graduate employer of the year 2011

Finalist – Graduate employer of the year 2011 in Accounting and Financial Management sector

At Ernst & Young, you’ll benefit from a holistic learning and development program, work with talented teams, be inspired by successful people, and build meaningful experiences. Let us help you take charge of your career and your future.

“Graduates want employers who offer career diversity, ongoing learning and development and opportunities that can enrich them every day. The results show a significant number of students and graduates who believe that’s exactly what we can do – equipping our people with the right skills, knowledge, aptitude and positive attitude to excel. We want to attract the best and the more talent we retain, the more top talent we’ll attract. The key is to cultivate a culture of open communication and feedback to constantly engage our people to understand and meet their changing priorities.”

Monday, 26 Nov 2012

Drew has been named the top ranked law firm in the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012 for the 2nd consecutive year.

Drew is ranked 26th among 100 top companies in the country. This is an improvement from last year, when we were ranked 30th.

The Singapore 100 Leading Graduate Employers survey is conducted by Group GTI, the world’s largest graduate careers media and research business.

Drew is also the top ALB Employer of Choice for 2012, and has been one of ALB’s Employers of Choice for the last five years.

For more details on the rankings, you may click here.

Source: Drew & Napier

Professional services firm PwC has been ranked Singapore’s top graduate employer. Oil and energy giant Shell came in second while A*STAR Research came in third. -AsiaOne

Thu, Dec 06, 2012
AsiaOne

Top graduate employers by sector

Conducted by GTI Media, the poll aims to determine the top 100 employers of graduates in the past year.

Oil and energy giant Shell came in second while staturory board A*STAR Research came in third.

More details are available in the press release below:
The country’s 100 leading graduate employers for 2012 were revealed during the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Awards & Conference at the M Hotel this afternoon.

PwC, one of the Big 4 accounting firms, has topped the rankings for the second year running.

The 2011 winner beat back the challenge from Shell and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), who rounded out the top three.

For the full rankings and information on last year’s survey findings, please go to: http://singapores100.com/.

The full results will also be published in Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012 directory, which will be distributed to top universities in Singapore and abroad in 2013.

Sampling size

Close to 3,600 students and fresh graduates took part in the trendence Graduate Barometer 2012 this year, making it the largest survey of its kind in Singapore. The results of the survey determined the rankings of Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers for 2012.

Conducted by GTI Media and powered by trendence, Europe’s leading research institute, the annual survey was held over a period of six months from April to September 2012.

Among other things, the survey recorded a much a greater level of awareness and recognition of the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers brand amongst both respondents and graduate employers.

Survey highlights

The survey sheds light on the latest graduate recruitment trends in Singapore.

In 2012, the top characteristics that students and fresh graduates looked for in a first employer were:

• Good career prospects
• Personal development
• Being appreciated at work

These findings strengthened and supported the demands and expectations of students and graduates from last year, as the 2011 respondents chose professional/career development, personal development and work-life balance as top reasons for employer attractiveness.

This year’s respondents varied per sector in terms of their working hours at their first job.

Students who come from a Corporate background were willing to put in 46.6 hours a week, whereas their Engineering/IT counterparts expected to work shorter hours at 44.2 hours a week.

On average, respondents expected to be paid more or less the same for their efforts (S$3,173 per month in 2012 compared with S$3,157in 2011).

Awards and Conference This year, we shifted from the formal gala/awards night celebration that we have been accustomed to do into a full-day awards and conference event to establish a more insightful experience to participants.

For the conference segment, speakers comprising recruiters, university career advisors, industry experts and training providers were present to share their insights about graduate recruitment-related issues with conference delegates.

Among the speakers were Clodagh Bannigan (Alexander Mann Solutions), David Barrett (Cut-e), Gary Chua (PwC), Allen Joseph Pathmarajah (AJP Advisers Group), Corrine Ong (NUS Career Centre), Adrian Tan (RecruitPlus), Pha, Quynh Loan (AIESEC Singapore), Loh Pui Wah (NTU), Anna Fourie (Microsoft) and Kristi Robson (Barclays).

Singapore, 26 November 2012: The country’s 100 leading graduate employers for 2012 were revealed during the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Awards & Conference at the M Hotel this afternoon.

PwC, one of the Big 4 accounting firms, has topped the rankings for the second year running. The 2011 winner beat back the challenge from Shell and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), who rounded out the top three.

The sector winners in 2012 are as follows:

• Accounting & Financial Management – PwC
• Aerospace – Rolls-Royce
• Banking, Insurance and Financial Services – DBS Bank
• Construction, Civil Engineering, Property and Development – Keppel Corporation
• Energy/Oil and Gas/Utilities – ExxonMobil
• FMCG – Procter & Gamble
• Infocomms – Google
• Investment Banking and Investment – Barclays
• Public Sector – Ministry of Education
• Scientific Research and Development – Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

For the full rankings and information on last year’s survey findings, please go to http://singapores100.com/. The full results will also be published in Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2012 directory, which will be distributed to top universities in Singapore and abroad in 2013.

Sampling size

Close to 3,600 students and fresh graduates took part in the trendence Graduate Barometer 2012 this year, making it the largest survey of its kind in Singapore. The results of the survey determined the rankings of Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers for 2012.

Conducted by GTI Media and powered by trendence, Europe’s leading research institute, the annual survey was held over a period of six months from April to September 2012. Among other things, the survey recorded a much a greater level of awareness and recognition of the Singapore’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers brand amongst both respondents and graduate employers.

Survey highlights

• good career prospects
• personal development
• being appreciated at work

These findings strengthened and supported the demands and expectations of students and graduates from last year, as the 2011 respondents chose professional/career development, personal development and work-life balance as top reasons for employer attractiveness.

This year’s respondents varied per sector in terms of their working hours at their first job. Students who come from a Corporate background were willing to put in 46.6 hours a week, whereas their Engineering/IT counterparts expected to work shorter hours at 44.2 hours a week. On average, respondents expected to be paid more or less the same for their efforts (S$3,173 per month in 2012 compared with S$3,157in 2011).

Awards and Conference

This year, we shifted from the formal gala/awards night celebration that we have been accustomed to do into a full-day awards and conference event to establish a more insightful experience to participants.

For the conference segment, speakers comprising recruiters, university career advisors, industry experts and training providers were present to share their insights about graduate recruitment-related issues with conference delegates.

Among the speakers were :

• Clodagh Bannigan (Alexander Mann Solutions)
• David Barrett (Cut-e)
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• Gary Chua (PwC)
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• Allen Joseph Pathmarajah (AJP Advisers Group)
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• Corrine Ong (NUS Career Centre)
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• Adrian Tan (RecruitPlus)
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• Pha, Quynh Loan (AIESEC Singapore)
• Loh Pui Wah (NTU)
• Anna Fourie (Microsoft)
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• Kristi Robson (Barclays)
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Pictures

View the exclusive photos of the event at our official facebook page
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